The 4th qualifier of the Italian Online Blitz Chess Championship took place on October 22nd, 2015, at the FIDE Online platform.
The event was a 9-round Swiss blitz championship with tempo of play 3′ + 2″ and 68 players participated.
ANM Christian Gagliardi emerged a solo winner with 8/9 points, leaving the runner-up, ANM Riccardo Alaimo, half a point behind.
The other players who qualified for the Semifinal are: ANC Marian Tudorache who collected 7 points, Sergio RInaudo, ANM Fabio Imbraguglia, AIM Massimo Tricomi, Andrea Dappiano, AFM/AN3 Fiorinto Cupponeand AN2 ANDREA CRICCA, all with 6.5 points and ANC Andrea Rinaudo, who was the highest places participant with 6 points according to the tiebreak criteria.
FOA Italian Blitz Chess Championship takes place from October 1st to December 11th, 2015. It consists of 8 qualifying tournaments, Semifinal and Final. 10 players from each qualifier continue to the next Stage, so that 80 players take part in the Semifinal. The best 12 will be vying in the Finals.
Schedule:
Friday, October 30 2015, 12:05 AM – 5th Qualifier
Thursday, November 5 2015, 9:05 PM – 6th Qualifier
Friday, November 13 2015, 12:05 AM – 7th Qualifier
Thursday, November 19, 2015 9:05 PM – 8th Qualifier
Friday, November 27, 2015 12:05 AM – Semifinal
Friday, December 11 2015 12:05 AM – Final
Final standings (top 10):
1 ANM Christian Gagliardi 2261 8.0
2 ANM Riccardo Alaimo 1944 7.5
3 ANC Marian Tudorache 1885 7.0
4 Sergio RInaudo 2113 6.5
5 ANM Fabio Imbraguglia 2171 6.5
6 AIM Massimo Tricomi 2027 6.5
7 Andrea Dappiano 2050 6.5
8 AFM/AN3 Fiorinto Cuppone 1581 6.5
9 AN2 ANDREA CRICCA 1908 6.5
10 ANC Andrea Rinaudo 1991 6.0